The Turner Report

Each day Missouri reporters and politicians and many in our nation's capital read <I>The Turner Report</I> to get their first glimpse at stories that later appear in the traditional media.</p>In his first non-fiction book Randy Turner offers a collection of some of his favorite stories old and new including:</p><ul><li>A minor presidential candidate fakes his death then mounts a political comeback.<li>Small town police officers terrorize teens and minorities until a brutal beating in the city jail brings their deeds to light.<li>In Missouri's best-remembered gubernatorial primary race the loser became one of the most powerful men in the country; the winner ended up in a federal penitentiary.<li>An angry mob is ready to kill two men it believes were involved in the Oklahoma City bombing.<li>The grieving parents of Nancy Cruzan go to the U. S. Supreme Court and back to prove their daughter has a right to die.<li>The special interests backing Congressman Roy Blunt and his son Missouri Governor Matt Blunt are revealed.</p></ul>Combine those stories with Turner's examination of the effect lobbyists and special interests are having on Missouri and Washington and you have a must-read book as the nation prepares for the 2008 elections.</p>